Pawn endings do not arise out of nowhere. Before emerging as endgames with just kings and pawns, they 'pre-existed' in positions that still contained any number of pieces. Liquidation is the purposeful transition into a pawn ending. It is a vital technique that is seldom taught. Strange, because knowing when and how to liquidate can help you win games or save draws. In this book, former US Chess Champion Joel Benjamin teaches you all you need to know about successfully liquidating into pawn endgames. He focuses on the practical aspects: what to aim for and how to get there. When to start trading ...
If you want to improve your chess the best place to start is looking how the champs did it. Grandmaster Joel Benjamin introduces all seventeen World Chess Champions and describes their historical significance, what is important about their style of play and what you can learn from them. Benjamin presents two games by each champion, concentrating on instruction rather than variations. Capablanca, Aljechin, Botvinnik, Tal, Karpov, Kasparov, and all the others up to present World Champion Magnus Carlsen: how they open the game, develop their pieces, conduct an attack or defend when necessary, is being explained in lessons accessible to all post-beginners. Two Americans are included in this highly instructive manual. Of course the crystal-clear style of Bobby Fischer, the 11th World Chess Champion, results in some very memorable and useful lessons. Joel Benjamin has also included Paul Morphy, the 19th century master from New Orleans who was clearly the best of the world during his short and dramatic career. Studying World Champion Chess for Juniors will be an extremely rewarding experience for ambitious youngsters. A lot of trainers and coaches will find it worthwhile to include it in their curriculum. It includes exercises and suggestions for further study.
Joel Benjamin is one of the most prominent faces in the history of US chess.
At thirteen years of age, he broke Bobby Fischer's record as the youngest ever
national master, and this was followed by countless tournament successes.
Here, he takes the reader on a journey through chess adventures spanning more
than thirty years.
Op het omslag: "Finding strong moves doesn't simply depend on how much you know about chess. In fact, greater conceptual knowledge makes choosing a move more complex as it increases the number of directions your mind can take. More important is optimizing your thought process. Grandmaster Joel Benjamin knows that pointing out the moves his students missed is just half the job. They need to understand that they were looking in the wrong direction. Chess engines offer little help in this because they can't explain why you went astray. What's more: an engine may send the wrong message! Many chess players don't realize that the top computer move frenquently isn't the best move to play during the game"
Pawn endings do not arise out of nowhere. Before emerging as endgames with just kings and pawns, they 'pre-existed' in positions that still contained any number of pieces. Liquidation is the purposeful transition into a pawn ending. It is a vital technique that is seldom taught. Strange, because knowing when and how to liquidate can help you win games or save draws. In this book, former US Chess Champion Joel Benjamin teaches you all you need to know about successfully liquidating into pawn endgames. He focuses on the practical aspects: what to aim for and how to get there. When to start trading pieces and how to recognize favourable and unfavourable liquidations. Enter a fascinating world of tempo play (triangulation, zugzwang and opposition), breakthroughs, king activity, passed pawn dynamics, sacrifices and counter-sacrifices. Exercises will test your growing skills. This is a ground-breaking, entertaining and instructive guide. The 2015 first edition of this book won the CJA Chess Journalists of America Best Book Award. This New and Extended 3rd edition presents 50 new examples, besides other additions and corrections..
Chess tactics are not as clear-cut as tactics puzzles suggest. Sometimes tactics work, and sometimes they don't. Sometimes your opponent has a few tricks up their sleeve, too. This book explores a chess player's challenges over the board: attack, defense, and counterattack! American grandmaster Joel Benjamin, a three-time U.S. Champion, shows you the give-and-take nature of tactics and will prepare you for a real game.
Probudila ses s rozčepýřenými vlasy a nemáš vůbec představu, co se svým účesem dnes provedeš? Chtěla bys ve škole zaujmout nějakým originálním, a přitom elegantním copem? Čeká tě o víkendu večírek, na který by se hodilo mít na hlavě něco odvážnějšího? Pak je tato knížka přesně pro tebe! Najdeš zde inspiraci na účesy pro všechny možné příležitosti.
Pokud nemáš se splétáním složitějších copánků dosud žádné zkušenosti, nemusíš se bát - kniha ti ukáže vše krok za krokem, postupovat budeš od základních, jednoduchých účesů až po šik a trendy copy a ohony. Každý účes je opatřen přehlednou tabulkou se všemi pomůckami, které budeš právě potřebovat. Už nikdy zacuchané kudrliny a promarněné minuty před zrcadlem. V této knížce najdeš spoustu nápadů, jak učesat sebe i své kamarádky.
